December 2016 (1/2)

This review of Previews Magazine is intended to bring order to the chaos and draw out all of the wonderful nuggets of goodness that are coming out in a couple of months at your LCS. Most retailers will offer 20-50% off cover price for pre-orders. Retailers may not order enough quantity for hit books and may not order certain titles at all. Pre-ordering is your chance to guarantee that you don’t miss out.

The goal is to highlight new series, interesting offerings and all sorts of cool stuff for every type of collector. Unless something stands out from an already ongoing series I have left it out. I’ve also skipped the new books coming out that are for adults only (cartoon porn) to keep it more PG.

Some things to note for this installment:

New section: Ratio Variants that aren’t themed.

This is for December so lots of X-Mas themed issues. Obviously.

There’s a new Star Wars Series debuting around the same time as the new movie.

Some new cosplay issues, this time from Valiant. Cat cosplay.

Order deadline for December Previews is October 18th. Let’s get to it!

Interesting Stuff

DC Comics

Blue Beetle #4 – The origin of how Jaime Reyes ended up with the scarab on his back begins.

Cyborg #6 – It looks like this issue brings us a new character…SHE-BORG! I’m not making that up. (2 covers)

Justice League/Suicide Squad #1, 2 (of 6) – The Justice League discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad and they are not fans. (3 covers – see theme variants)

Graphic India

Stan Lee’s Chakra the Invincible: Holiday Special – A special holiday one shot issue featuring short stories of Chakra and his friends. Written by Stan Lee.

IDW Publishing

GI Joe #1 – The Joes are back and their missions are global. (7 covers – see ratio and theme variants)

Marvel

Deadpool: Back in Black #5 – Final issue. Black costume Spidey makes an appearance. Cover A is a familiar swipe. (2 covers)

Titan books

Hookjaw #1 (of 5) – Students studying great white sharks get caught between Somali pirates and the US Navy. Plus the CIA is interested in the study. All this and let’s throw in the legendary great white named Hookjaw into the mix. (5 covers)

New Series – Premium Publishers

Dark Horse

Aliens vs Predator: Life and Death #1 – Will it be a 3 way battle or will the Predators join forces with the Colonial Marines against the Aliens? (3 covers – see theme variants)

Dead Inside #1 – Murders inside county jails are usually easy to solve. Not this time. (2 covers)

Locke and Key: Small World #1 – An impossible birthday gift for two little girls unexpectedly throws open a door to a monster on eight legs. (5 covers – see theme variants)

Love is Love – Born of the Orlando shootings, with help from DC Entertainment, an oversize comic collaboration mourning the victims, supporting the survivors, celebrating the LGBTQ community, and examining love in today's world. All proceeds will be donated to Equality Florida for the victims, survivors and their families.